Demountable-rim wheel



May 20, 1924. 1,495,057

W. W. WHITNEY DEMOUNTABLE RIM WHEEL Original Filed March 18, 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 W/TNESSES. r INVENTOR ATTOP/VEY 7 May 20, 1924.

I W. w. WHITNEY s, /v\/ NTOR DEMOUNTABLE RIM WHEEL 2 Sheets-Shae! 2 Original Filed March 18, 1919 ATTOPNEY Patented May 20, 1924.

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' nm/roUNrABLE-nrM WHEEL. 7

-.App1ication.fi1ed Mareh.1 8,"19 19 ,Seria1 No..23,388. Renewed October 19, 1923., I

To. all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVHELOGK NEY, a. citizen of theUnitedStates, andiresi dent of Milwaukee, in, the ,,county of. Mil-,

-WLllk66 and State-of lVisconsin, ,haveginvented new; and useful. Improvements,- in a Demountable-Rim Wheels, of cvvhichv the fol- I lowing; is aedescription, reference being had' I to the accompanying: drawingsnvhiich are a jandwhich f part of this specification.

This, invention has ;for its objeictgtogpro j vide, a} demountable; rim for vehicle Wheels Irina Which may be more" quickly? removed and.

replaced .than; .rim constructions 110Whll1kg611+ -eralHuse.requiring-the-turningof annmbern V ete -il gseeured oa he-p iphe y Qi- The object}ofv therinventlon is touutilize a p a es.meybeiatt ched in a ysecure manner,

ofholts. for thepurposen V movement of; the. rimv i around. the: Wheel 1 for; f' ghtening it in place. iinstleadoframovem t,- 5 laterally of-pthe, Wheel, suitable; cams;.being around thewheel for connecting it; andzdis j that; a slight turning. of; the; rim around the provided to tighten the, rim as ;the {resultof r:

fllhe cam; plates 1 are 3 uniformly. provided such= movement; around the 'WheeL Y Another objector, the; invention istq provide mechanical means ion turning the. rim

conneotingit, therefrom. H

;A-nother object ofE the; invention is to prov-i'de such means with a locking struictiure i her.tight m he mo .t wh el o o free preventing the. creepingof thet rim; around the wheelin the directionto cause.-the-;dis;,.

' of the. securing means.

engagement. of its securing means but} per"; mittingthe oreepingof the rim in theg'opposite; direction to tighten the,-

r the. invention consists in, the. demonntable rim, Wheel as 1 herein claimed and all equiv-" alents.

n a em R --;of, w hich by. their :engagement with the Referring to the, accompanying dra-vvings .1 in whlch llke characters of reference nd catethe same parts indifierent views V Fig. 1 is a face View of apvehicle-wheel :equipped with aidemountablerim constr nctr ed-in accordancefwith this invention Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional J View. through one of-thecam plates thereof;

' Fig. '3 isa longitudinal sectional vieivv Fig. 4 is .a sectional vievw'ithrough the;

clutch. pinionon, the plane of line-H of Fig.1; Y W

Fig. 51 isan enlarged-view of} theclntch. wpinion asseen inEig.;1

Fig. 6 is an end view of the hubgshowing. its locking lugs;

Big; '7 is an; end view: of the pinionhous;

ing ,with the hnb rehaoved and showing l the locking notches: therein;-and v Fig. -8 is a view similar to Fig. 4 with the e dep e sed 6 hat ts flo ki lugs. a

disengaged from thenotches y In these dravvingslfp indicateslavehicle wheel uc ;j e rel ommon yi s on au r ob l i an .1 p. s nt h m t l I w ic an heipneume e fi fli s lsu m me lyefitted. othe ell of: h ;w el-? y means-con ti ing t .1 .(1n-v Instead of forced between. the grim wed efelloeab me ns qf aho eq i ingep r late tigh ning, th el r? umb r. f

withiin h d ema ur ces. o eeng byrlugs; lJ-I' rQi Q ng.f em; theim S0 wh eli mof hewh e W hin the i l e a l of th :camsnrfa es no op ra eei i se to therefrom l according to he direction of -ningb l cam su c of h "p et r pr erahlyg. containedwithin grooves, the edges lugs-21; prevent; lateral. displacement of, the

.rim: and; assist. in firmly holding.v the rim in place on the-wheel; V

. The, relative position oh the cam surfaces inthe groovnfivilli depend upon the shape of 't'he lug, with which it; i's to' cooperate. Vilith a conical lug asshQWnf thecam'surface preferably constitutes; the bottom Walls of a V,-shaped,.inolinedi groove 22 whichywill fit the: lug?- in -arly of: *itsj positions.- a

For convenience in, placing thejrim on the wheel onejside 01 5 the 0am plate is extended at ;-23Fto.;.f0rm; a stop against which the lug is; pressedx before entering it in the groove,

such projection then serving as a' guide to lead the lug (to the groove when the rirn is turned. I In; use, tl1e.-r im is merelvftnnedon the Wheel hyihand, orep'rejferably by means of a mechanical contrivancesuchwas a lever or a raelg gear; 013a. cam operating meansand the several lugs sliding upon the inclined cam surfaces of the cam plates either tighten the rim on the wheel or release it therefrom. These relative movements of the wheel proper and the rim are permitted by the tire valve traveling in a slot of the felloe of the wheel. Any means maybe provided for locking the rim and wheel together after it has been adjusted to the desired tlght fit to prevent the rim from working loose. The cam' plates-are so arranged that the natural tendency of the rim to turn on the Wheel will be utilized to increase the clamping action of the cam surfaces rather than to cause the cams to release the rim.

. I '-"'-As a ,-meansfor turning the rlm around j th e wheel for either looking it or disengaging it therefrom, the rack 26 isprovided on I the rim 16 engaged by-fapinion 2 7 which is- ?contained within a housing 28' within the 'felloe "of the wheel 15.

confined between end thrust washers29 at the ends 'of a pair of opposite caps onbush This pinion 27 is ing's;30-and"31which are "let into openings in the opposite sides 'ofthe felloe'and are "se- "cure y" held 'in placeby screws 32 through their flanges. A short shaft or'hub member 33 is journaled in an opening in thebush ing 31 and passesthrough a central opening of the'pinion 27 and into an opening of cap .30 where its oppositely positioned lock- 7 ing lugs 33 are normally in engagement be- "tween shoulders '34 of'a locking flange 35 projecting into said opening 'ofcap 30. l A

coil spring 36 is housed within the opening 'of'c'ap 30 and'with' a spring seat against the end of the cap it bears at its 7 other enda'gainst'th'e end ofthe hub 33 to normally-- hold said hub in its position-of locking engagement between the lugs 33 and shoulders' 34, this being the position in which. the parts areshown in Fig. 4c. The hub, however, is'

capable of being depressed'against the ac tion of its spring 36 by means of a wrench tool 37 shown'in dotted lines in'Fig. 6 and having a projection fitting in the wrench socket 38 in the end of the hub and when so depressed the hub is released from its locking engagement by the lugs 33 passing beyond the shoulders 35 in the manner shown in Fig. 8, Whereupon the hub may be turned by'means of the wrench too-l for a purpose which will later appear. Near its 7 socket end the hub 33 is provided with a provided with cam pockets 41 around itsbore and in these pockets are rollers 42 bearing against the cocentric walls of the pockets and against the" surface of the hub 33. The contracted ends of all of thecam pockets 41 extend in the same rotary direction so that the rollers form a clutch engagement between the hub and the pinion effective for locking the two together when turned in one direction and releasing the engagement when turned in the other direction.

In operationthe'rini' may be placed in position on the felloe of the Wheel with the lugs 21 at the endsof'the cam plates 18 and with the rack 26 in engagement with the pinion 27. Now'by inserting the key in the hub and pressing inwardly thereon, the hub is moved-outof its locking engagement with the stationary shoulders 34: and it may be turned by means of the key until the lug 39 engages the'lug 40, whereupon the pinion 27' will turn and by its engagement with the rack 26 will cause the rim to turnaround the Wheel felloe into-tight locking engagement with the several cam plates1'8. When the key ;is removed the hub is forced by the spring 36 backinto its locking engagement with stationary shoulders 34and consequent- 1y it is incapable of turning.= The lugs 39 and 10 are also released so that the pinion 27 is free toturn around the'hub. 'This freedom,' however, is only in one direction-be cause of the clutch engagement of the rollers and this direction is such as to permit-of a further tighteningof the'lrim on the cam plates 18 or -a movementof the rim in an anti-clockwise direction on the wheel as shown in Fig. 1. A movement ofthe rim in the opposite direction' is prevented by the roller clutch locking the pinion'against turning on the locked hub 50 that there is no dan'ger'of-the wheel rim working loose during travel; though ifit has not been tightened to thefull-extent by the operation of the key it will automatically tighten by its being permitted to creep in that direction. When it is again 'desired t'oremove the-rim [this may be done by the use ofthe key operating in the same manner as for applying'the rim but turning the parts in the opposite direction. n

What I claim as new and by Letters Patent is;

V 1'. A vehicle wheel, comprising a wheel proper, a rim fitting thereon, cam engaging means between the rim and the wheel proper, a self-locking rack and pinion means for turning the'rim around the wheel proper for desire to secure "operating the cam engaging means and for preventing such movement when locked.

'2. A vehicle wheel, comprising v a wheel proper, a rim fitting thereon, cam means between the wheel and the rim, a rack onthe rim,' and a pinion on the wheel meshing with the rack and having'a clutch'connection with thewheel. 5

3. A vehicle wheel, comprising a wheel proper, a rim fitting thereon, cam locking means between the rim and the wheel, a rack on the rim, a pinion on the Wheel meshing with the rack, a suitably locked hub on which the pinion is mounted, and a clutch connection between the hub and the pinion.

4. A vehicle Wheel, comprising a wheel proper, a rim fitting thereon, cam locking means between the rim andthe wheel, a rack on the rim, a pinion on the Wheel meshing with the rack, a suitably locked hub on which the pinion is mounted, and a roller clutch connection between the hub and the pinion.

5. In a vehicle wheel, a wheel proper, a rim fitting thereon, cam locking means between 15 the rim and the wheel proper, a rack on the 

